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Rejection to Triumph, AI Cheat Sheets, & Tips for Winning a Pitch
A newsletter for founders & friends
Gale Wilkinson
August 04, 2023
Hey šš½
Welcome to the 77th edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus our favorite future of work reads, going out to 3,400+ people each week. Forward to a friend who may want to subscribe!
Top 3 Tweets
š„ $1B Lessons of Rejection to Triumph
The company today has millions of customers worldwide, surpassed a $1 billion revenue run rate, and employs 3,300 team members.
It stops billions of cyberattacks a day for millions across the globe.
And it was started by Silicon Valley outsiders.
Meet the co-founder,ā¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā¦
— Arjun Mahadevan (Mr. LLC šŗšø) (@ArjunMahadevan)
Jul 23, 2023
š„Ā AI Cheat Sheets
I've spent months collecting the best AI cheat sheets.
Here are the top 8 AI cheat sheets that will save you hours of work (for free):
1. Ultimate ChatGPT cheat sheet
— Moritz Kremb (@moritzkremb)
Jul 23, 2023
š„ 6 Tips for a Winning Pitch
I've invested in 26 startups to date, and I typically make my decision within the first 5 minutes of a pitch.
Here are 6 tips that will *instantly* separate you from everybody else that has nothing to do with your pitch deck.
— Eunice Ajim (@euniceajim)
Jul 27, 2023
Founder Resourcesļ»æ
Crowdsourced: Kinds of advertising to run for an early-stage startup
Low cost acquisition methods
Halfway There: The Road to $1M ARR
Paul Grahamās 7 startup ideas
Founder transparency: what every startup employees should know
The right time for companies to dig a moat
Future of Work Reads
A Four-Day Workweek Experiment Finds Work Does Get Done in Less Time (WSJ)
Gen Z is embracing ālazy girl jobsā in a rebuke of millennialsā āgirlbossā and ālean inā manias (Y!)
How Business Leaders Can Best Support LGBTQIA+ Employee Mental Health In The Workplace (Forbes)
The rise of gig workers is changing the face of the US economy (CNN)
Freelance Economy 2.0: How The Freelance Economy Is Transitioning From A Gig Economy To A Strategic Sourcing Channel (Forbes)
91% of workers have faced workplace discriminationāhereās what employees can do (CNBC)
Generative AI could free up 1/3 of your working hours. These 13 sectors will be most impacted (Fast Company)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company CloudEagle has been recognized as a G2 High Performer in SaaS Spend Management Category
Mike Klein, CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company Genomenon, was featured on GEN Edge
Claire Coder, CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company Aunt Flow, was featured on The Cut
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies
Written by the team at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 500 member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders innovating in WorkTech.Ā Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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